{"id":45477,"date":"2026-03-24T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=45477"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:03:24","slug":"ipl-2026-saurabh-dubey-to-replace-aakash-deep-in-kkr-srh-announce-david-payne-as-replacement-for-jack-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-saurabh-dubey-to-replace-aakash-deep-in-kkr-srh-announce-david-payne-as-replacement-for-jack-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Saurabh Dubey to replace Aakash Deep in KKR; SRH announce David Payne as replacement for Jack Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the start of Indian Premier League 2026 just five days away, teams are already dealing with a growing list of injuries and player unavailability, raising concerns over squad balance and combinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kolkata Knight Riders have been dealt a significant blow as Aakash Deep, who was bought at his base price of \u20b91 crore for the season, has been ruled out due to a lumbar stress injury. In his place, the franchise has signed Saurabh Dubey for \u20b930 lakh. The left-arm pacer, who was previously part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, will now have an opportunity to showcase his skills on a bigger stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KKR\u2019s bowling concerns don\u2019t end there. The team is already without Harshit Rana, while uncertainty looms over Matheesha Pathirana due to delays in receiving a No Objection Certificate from Sri Lanka Cricket. The likes of Cameron Green and Blessing Muzarabani will provide valuable bowling experience for.With their opening fixture against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium approaching, the team management faces a tough task in finalizing their bowling combination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, SRH have also made a replacement, bringing in David Payne for the injured Jack Edwards at a price of \u20b91.5 crore. Although Payne is yet to feature in the IPL, he arrives with considerable T20 experience, having played over 230 matches and picked up more than 290 wickets. The left-arm seamer will be keen to make an immediate impact in his debut season.\u00a0 With the regular skipper set to miss the opening few games, the responsibility on Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers will be immense early in the season. However, the inclusion of David Payne could help the team find the right combination for the initial matches. With the new skipper Ishan Kishan, SRH will start their campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SRH will kick off their campaign against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 28.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of Indian Premier League 2026 just five days away, teams are already dealing with a growing list\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":45485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3801,117,692],"class_list":["post-45477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ipl","tag-kkr","tag-srh"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45484,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45477\/revisions\/45484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}